NFL Week 4 Picks

Week 4 of the 2026 NFL season kicks off tomorrow night with the Pittsburgh Steelers, I predict, savaging the Cleveland Browns on Amazon Prime Video. Here are my picks -- feel free to join my "leaderboard" at ESPN's "Pick'em" game if you'd like to compare football prediction prowess.

• Pittsburgh Steelers beat Cleveland Browns
• Washington Commanders beat Indianapolis Colts*
• Buffalo Bills beat New England Patriots
• Chicago Bears beat New York Jets
• Jacksonville Jaguars beat Cincinnati Bengals*
• New York Giants beat Arizona Cardinals
• Philadelphia Eagles beat Los Angeles Rams*
• Green Bay Packers beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Baltimore Ravens beat Tennessee Titans
• Houston Texans beat Dallas Cowboys*
• Minnesota Vikings beat Miami Dolphins
• Kansas City Chiefs beat Las Vegas Raiders
• San Francisco 49ers beat Denver Broncos
• Seattle Seahawks beat Los Angeles Chargers
• Detroit Lions beat Carolina Panthers
• New Orleans Saints beat Atlanta Falcons

"Upset" predictions -- predictions on which I disagree with the majority of ESPN Pick'em players -- are marked with asterisks. Any changes I make to my picks will be done prior to kickoff and noted below as well.

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 Hint: Per Heraclitus, you'll never step in the same one twice.

Not Enough? Get the first letter of today's Wordle below.

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First Letter: R

NFL Week 3 Results

I went 8 right, 8 wrong in NFL week 3, which doesn't seem like a great week. But I apparently did better than most, since I remain in the 93.7th percentile in ESPN's "Pick'em" game. Of my eight incorrect picks, six of them were not upset picks but rather went with the consensus. And two of my upset picks worked out. Correct picks in green, incorrect picks in red:

• Green Bay Packers beat Atlanta Falcons
• Buffalo Bills beat  Los Angeles Chargers
• Carolina Panthers beat Cleveland Browns
• Detroit Lions beat New York Jets
• Houston Texans beat Indianapolis Colts
• Kansas City Chiefs beat Miami Dolphins
• Tennessee Titans beat New York Giants*
• Cincinnati Bengals beat Pittsburgh Steelers
• Seattle Seahawks beat Washington Commanders
• Jacksonville Jaguars beat New England Patriots
• San Francisco 49ers beat Arizona Cardinals
• Minnesota Vikings beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Dallas Cowboys beat Baltimore Ravens*
• Las Vegas Raiders beat New Orleans Saints*
• Denver Broncos beat Los Angeles Rams*
• Philadelphia Eagles beat Chicago Bears

So far I'm 30 right, 18 wrong for the season. I'd like to improve that dramatically, but I guess we'll see whether I'm able to.